The domestic breeding of raptors was discovered in the 1960s by falconers
who wanted the means of assuring access to a ready supply of birds for
their sport. Raptors that were endangered were then bred by falconers
and released into the wild to rebuild devastated populations. Due to these
efforts, today only a couple of North American species require falconers
assistance in release projects, but all other raptors being bred for falconry
today are ready and waiting should the day come when the recovery of a
raptor species requires assistance again. RRs breeding pairs are
descendants of these raptors and are ready to serve our conservation needs
should the need arise again. Come to Arizona Raptor Ranch and observe these descendants of those
historic making birds.

Creating
public awareness.No trip to the Grand Canyon's Raptor Ranch would be complete without touring our raptor
breeding facilities, incubation room, and nursery. We normally have baby
birds
at the Arizona Ranch from May 1 thru September 15th.